Madrid could announce a state of emergency today. A golden reopening. Beijing is back to work efforts week long holiday. Chinese equities and the yuan outperform. Very good morning to you. 6 00 a. M. In the city of london. Happy friday. Its one week since we learned the president of the United States tested positive for covid19. D. C. Politics is messy. We will talk about that a little bit later. We are 25 days away from the u. S. Election. Some optimism that we have had a bit of shift on stimulus in the white house. Nancy pelosi, Steven Mnuchin, are talking again, but many skeptical we will see support. The hope of that is moving markets this morning. S p 500 futures to the upside this morning alongside euro futures as well. Chinese equities outperforming. We are up more than 2 this morning, 1 00 p. M. In beijing. China is back to work after golden week. Its back with some good optimistic measures when you look at the equities space. The bloomberg dollar index lower against all of g10
Discussion this evening. Francine we are not brexit free, i have just been sparing you. We have actually been increasing the numbers of icu beds because people need them more. And brexit negotiations are ongoing. There is still the selfimposed deadline of october 15. ,om and i want to make clear the case dynamics in europe are extraordinary for the slopes of those curves are distressing. Its been an extraordinary thursday. Thank you to our team for an incredible news flow. It seems like we are doing the same thing today, we are waiting for washington to wake up and drive forward. Heres riddick group to with the first word news. With first word news. The Global Food Program was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. They especially operate in conflict zones. To 100 millionse people in 88 countries last year. The white house is shifting its position in stimulus package, again. Steven mnuchin and told nancy pelosi that they want to in agreement on a largescale relief bill. Earlier this week
Back to an eight day holiday. They are putting much playing catchup. We have gains across the board. Shanghai is up 1. 6. These services pmi rising for a fifth month. The you on getting 6. 73 versus the dollar. This was stronger than expected. This is a weak dollar story. Some yen strength there. The bank of canada governors has negative Interest Rates remain an option. Courts seems like a lot of the action is in the shanghai markets here today given that robust reopening after the eight day holiday. We will speak exclusively to the Everest Medicine ceo. This is 27 right now in its debut in hong kong. The Trump Administration signaling that the administration is again leaning toward a largescale stimulus bill. That comes after nancy pelosi pushed back on the idea of peace for a. She is excepting refusing to accept help for airline without wider bill agreed. We want to help the airline workers. There is legislation that we had ed the cares act that we hope we could continue for the next
Call for urgent action. President trump enters the conversation, indicating he may now support a wider stimulus bill. Debates joe biden refuses to push back his next meeting with the president. The white house rules out a virtual clash due to covid19. We have an update from President Trumps physician, dr. Sean conley, about the president s covid19 treatment, saying that the president has been responding extremely well, that his exam has remained stable while at home. President trump has completed the course of therapy for covid, saying the president can return safely to Public Engagements on saturday. The president was just released from hospital on monday evening and his health had risen controversy given the white house was saying the timing of President Trumps last negative test was regarded as private. We are finally getting an update on the president s health and dr. Sean conley saying the president can return to Public Engagement on saturday. Lets turn to the markets with Sophie
Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Big tech feeling the heat today, executives from facebook, youtube, twitter are testifying on capitol hill. The hearing looking into whether or not social Media Companies are doing enough to battle extremist content. Separately, nbc nightly news featured Silicon Valley insiders, exgoogle employee, calling facebook a living, breathing crime scene for what happened in the 2016 election and doesnt stop there page one of the wall street journal, an argument for why todays tech giants may need one day to be broken up. Joining us, columnist from new york times, and larry hippo good to have you here on a day theres so much. Does it add up to one narrative, eric, or not are these disparate stories . I think the Common Thread is lack of transparency on the part of Tech Companies, they say they do no harm and are good for society, people are realizing products are somewhat addictive, there are some things about the product they dont understand, str